The U20 Women's Asian Cup is in full swing on the second match day, and the Chinese women's football team made its debut in the group stage and started a fierce competition with the North Korean women's football team. After 90 minutes of fierce fighting, the two sides shook hands with a score of 1-1, which is undoubtedly an acceptable result for the Chinese women's football team. In particular, the goal scored by the team was brilliant enough to go down in history.
In this game, women's football coach Wang Jun chose a 442 formation and sent a number of core players including Lu Jiayu, Ouyang Yuhuan, Huo Yuexin, etc. Facing the North Korean women's football team, which is slightly inferior in physical condition and technical ability, the Chinese women's football team must go all out to hope to get points in this game. After all, there is also a strong Japanese women's football team in the same group, and a loss in any one game could have a significant impact on the qualification situation. In such a challenging "Group of Death", the Chinese women's football team has no way out, only to go all out and win every game. In the 7th minute of the game, there was a controversial scene on the field. The Chinese women's football team launched a counterattack on the side, crossed to the goal, and Lu Jiayu scored with a header. However, the linesman raised the flag to signal that the attacking player was offside and the goal was disallowed. Since there is no VAR replay system in this U20 Asian Cup, it is impossible to confirm whether this goal is controversial. Judging from the TV broadcast footage, it is indeed difficult to judge whether Lu Jiayu is offside.
In the 8th minute, the North Korean women's football team quickly counterattacked, and the No. 7 player shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball flew out of the bottom line by grazing the post. The shot showed the excellent footwork of the North Korean women's football players. In the 13th minute, the North Korean women's football team got a free kick opportunity on the right side and crossed to the goal, but the landing point was poor, and it was grabbed and cleared by our defenders. In the 32nd and 37th minutes, the North Korean women's football team launched continuous attacks, but they were all defused by the defenders and goalkeepers of the Chinese women's football team. At the end of the first half, the two sides played to a 0-0 draw.
After the start of the second half, the North Korean women's football team stepped up its attack. In the 48th minute, the opponent's No. 15 player shot from outside the penalty area, and goalkeeper Liu Chen made a wonderful save. However, in the next five minutes, the Chinese women's football team missed a great one-on-one opportunity, and the attacking player's shot in front of the opponent's goalkeeper was blocked. In the end, the two sides ended the match with a score of 1-1. In the 67th minute of the match, the opponent won a corner kick on the left side. The ball was cleverly passed to the goal, and players from both sides jumped for the top of the ball. The defenders quickly cleared the ball, but the opponent did not give up and they tried to shoot from distance, but unfortunately the ball went over the crossbar.
Entering the 79th minute, the North Korean women's football team got a free kick opportunity. They shot with all their might, but the ball hit the wall hard and went off the line. Not to be outdone, the opposition took another corner, this time threatening, but ultimately failed to find the back of the net.
In the 84th minute of the game, the North Korean women's football team finally scored a goal, and we fell behind 0-1. However, just four minutes later, Huo Yuexin pulled one back for us with a super lob shot, which was as brilliant as a world wave. The Chinese women's football team drew with their opponents with a score of 1-1, showing their tenacity and unyielding fighting spirit.